MONTANA SHARPTAIL CHAPTER

NORTH AMERICAN VERSATILE HUNTING DOG ASSOCIATION

The Montana Sharptail Chapter of NAVHDA exists to promote education in the training, care and responsible breeding of the "Versatile Hunting Dog." The chapter has been created to serve Montana and its bordering states and provinces. Membership will provide opportunities to train, test and volunteer with hunting dog enthusiasts that range from experienced trainers to first-time puppy owners. As an established chapter of the North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association, several different membership opportunities exist. Feel free to email us at montanasharptail@gmail.com.

An Introduction to NAVHDA

The North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association is a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to foster, promote, and improve the versatile hunting dog breeds in North America; to conserve game by using well trained reliable hunting dogs before and after the shot; and to aid in the prevention of cruelty to animals by discouraging nonselective and uncontrolled breeding, which produces unwanted and uncared for dogs.

OUR PURPOSE

The North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association is a legally recognized nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering, improving, promoting and protecting the versatile hunting dog in North America.

Underlying these aims is the desire to serve the interests of game conservation, prevention of cruelty to animals, and the gun dog hunter by helping the hunter to train his or her dog to work before and after the shot, on land and in water.

NAVHDA is an excellent complement to the activities of sporting dog breed clubs and field trial organizations. It was created to supplement the activities of those clubs by providing a proven, standard method of evaluating the performance of all versatile hunting dogs, consistent with North American hunting practices, regardless of breed.